Though set within the same frigid landscape as the 1996 Coen Brothers movie, the new FX series "Fargo" is not so much an adaptation as it is a close cousin. Two episodes in, it has revealed itself to be a show larded with sight gags, stubborn...

Though set within the same frigid landscape as the 1996 Coen Brothers movie, the new FX series "Fargo" is not so much an adaptation as it is a close cousin. Two episodes in, it has revealed itself to be a show larded with sight gags, stubborn...

Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, better known as Key and Peele, have joined the case of FX's “Fargo.”
The duo, who have made a name for themselves with their popular Comedy Central sketch show “Key & Peele,” will portray FBI agents in a...

For too long moviegoers have had little exposure to the short films nominated each year for an Oscar, certainly not in the weeks prior to the ceremony. The awards for shorts — defined as shorter than 40 minutes and divided into three categories: live...

Zippy, kinetic and brashly funny, "The World's End" comes to the U.S. from its native England hard on the heels of "This Is the End," an American comedy about ordinary mortals (comedians, actually, so maybe not so ordinary) manning...

"The Hobbit," the first of three movies to be yanked out of J.R.R. Tolkien's single novel, comes from Mister Middle-earth: Peter Jackson, who thrilled Tolkien fans worldwide with his lavish screen version of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
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The sleuths behind "Sherlock" still can't deduce the air date of a highly anticipated Victorian special.
The PBS Masterpiece hit drama, which has taken an 18-month-hiatus since its Series 3 finale's air date, returns "soon-ish" with a...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Ever wonder why so many European actors are starring as Americans on television? They speak with such flawless Yankee accents that most of us don't realize they're beating us at our own game. Dominic West ("The...

The latest from Thursday's sessions at the Comic-Con International fan festival in and around the San Diego Convention Center (all times local): 7:18 p.m. Eli Roth feels at home at Comic-Con, so he showcased footage from his latest horror flick to the San...

Benedict Cumberbatch is officially off the market: The star of "Sherlock" and "The Imitation Game" has married Sophie Hunter.
That primal scream you might have heard on Valentine's Day likely belonged to the legions of Cumberbuddies...

Watching the Emmy ceremony last year produced a nasty case of whiplash as the evening veered wildly between rewarding the expected winners ("Modern Family," Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Parsons) and delivering absolutely shocking surprises. Bobby...

Ah, geez, get that snow gear cleaned. "Fargo" the series is returning.
The acclaimed TV reboot of the acclaimed Oscar-winning Coen brothers film will come back for a second 10-episode installment.
Series creator Noah Hawley is working on an...

Fans of "Sherlock" still have a wait on their hands, but at least now they have goal in mind. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will return sometime next year for a fourth season of the detective series and a new special.
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Colin Hanks has a knack for playing good guys — which has not always been a good thing.
Hanks made his mark in 2002's teen film "Orange County." Since then, his boyish looks, lanky frame and amiable personality have been his calling card and...

With new content providers blooming like tomato plants in June and more new shows than anyone can reasonably watch, the television awards season offers a brutal winnowing process. Only a handful of programs that premiered this qualifying year are likely...

Crime does pay, apparently, as the first episode of FX's new series "Fargo" premiered Tuesday to strong ratings.
The first installment of a 10-episode limited series inspired by Joel and Ethan Coen's Oscar-winning 1996 film of the same name...

The Coen brothers' 1996 comedy-noir masterpiece "Fargo" wasn't so much a movie as it was a cultural event — you remember where you were when you first saw it. That endless yet claustrophobic snow scape, the anxious narcissism of William H....

Since his star-making turn nearly two decades ago as the mentally challenged Karl Childers in "Sling Blade," Billy Bob Thornton has been known for what may best be described as playing expressive eccentrics. There was a bad Santa, an astronaut...